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Guy Segal

@guysegal.com

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Design director working on design systems and people systems. Can fake a decent guitar riff. Black lives matter. Trans lives matter. He/him. Views are my own. 🩷💜💙 I talk to cool design folks on my podcast http://designdowntime.com/ Toronto, ON, Canada

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Guy Segal @guysegal.com · Oct 18

Hello new followers! I'm a design director from Toronto, working on design systems.

I also host a podcast called Design Downtime, where I talk to design professionals about a hobby or interest of theirs that has nothing to do with work, because it's ok to not be about productivity 24/7!

Design Downtime

"Design Downtime" celebrates the joys of living a balanced creative life outside the pixels and wireframes. Join your host, Guy Segal, a design director, on this journey to redefine what it means to b...

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Guy Segal @guysegal.com · 17h

At a consultancy, you enter an engagement with a fairly clear understanding of what's expected of you. In house, there's usually a gap between what you assume they hired you for and what they actually expect. That's when your "they don't understand design" and "seat at the table" issues start.

Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 18h

It's the fault of a lot of educational programs and some consultancies that design is misunderstood as a magic substance. The dominant lore contributes to designers being less well prepared to engage in these environments and see the true limits of their scope of decision-making and influence.

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Guy Segal @guysegal.com · 23h

I have zero doubt it’s been #1 on the roadmap since day one

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I think we definitely did. At some point, we started to take the easy path of “just let me sit here and do my work and not talk to anyone else”.

Guy Segal @guysegal.com · 1d

When did we decide that adding a comment to a jira ticket is better than talking to another human being?

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Guy Segal @guysegal.com · 2d

“The PM rapid prototyped”

“Vibe coding into production”

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 6d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Guy Segal @guysegal.com · 2d

I don’t mean to be conspiratorial, but how do we know this isn’t par for the course with all other cloud storage services, and OneDrive just happens to mention it?

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Honestly I’m so proud of that

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Guy Segal @guysegal.com · 3d

You blue it

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Guy Segal @guysegal.com · 3d

It’s a bit of a corny role (the brooding vampire), but he’s a lot of fun in Being Human, if you haven’t watched it.

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Guy Segal @guysegal.com · 6d

We’re back!
In the first episode of season 4, @brownorama.bsky.social joins Design Downtime to talk about his love of board games.

(I’m shocked it took me this long to get to this topic…)

Dan Brown Loves Board Games | Podcast Episode on RSS.com

In the first episode of season 4, Dan Brown joins us to share about his love of hobby board games. He talks about transitioning from games like Monopoly to discovering the more advanced Carcassonne, w...

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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 5d

Today is the day we launch! It's "Off the Path with Sam and Steve" (and that's @sladner.bsky.social in case you don't know). In this limited series, we talk about what a research career looks like, even when it goes "off the path." The first three episodes are live, and links follow.

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Sam Ladner @sladner.bsky.social · 5d

Attention applied researchers: my friend @steveportigal.bsky.social and I have released our limited edition podcast, focusing on the research career. Off the Path with Sam and Steve starts with Ep 1: The Good Enough Career: open.spotify.com/episode/7pY4...

Episode 1: The Good Enough Career

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Anna E. Cook @annaecook.com · 6d

I'm (finally) working on new articles/talks.

As a part of that, I'd like to hire a new artist for every article to create a unique hero image for each piece

Do you all have any resources/sites to find artists for these purposes these days?

I'd also like to hire those most in need of work.

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Guy Segal @guysegal.com · 6d

We’re back!
In the first episode of season 4, @brownorama.bsky.social joins Design Downtime to talk about his love of board games.

(I’m shocked it took me this long to get to this topic…)

Dan Brown Loves Board Games | Podcast Episode on RSS.com

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Guy Segal @guysegal.com · 7d

Design influencers still explaining on LinkedIn what “above the fold” is in the year 2025, is why the design industry is cooked.

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Guy Segal @guysegal.com · 7d

It’s only 9am and I’ve already been exposed to so much AI booster content that I need a Silkwood shower.

Guy Segal @guysegal.com · 10d

James is 7’8”

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Guy Segal @guysegal.com · 11d

Why does the weather hate light jackets

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Guy Segal @guysegal.com · 11d

You'll be happy to know next season of the podcast will have an episode on keyboards!

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Guy Segal @guysegal.com · 11d

I said what I said :)

Guy Segal @guysegal.com · 11d

The best Canadian export since ketchup chips

Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social · 12d

"Off the Path with Sam and Steve" comes out October 10. (Sam = @sladner.bsky.social). Here's a little bit from me on what the podcast is about! I'll be eager to hear from others what they get out of it...

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Ben Callahan @bencallahan.com · 11d

New article live: Evolving #designsystem Skills, how our tools are shaping the necessary skills needed to be a thriving design system practitioner and what we can do to bring up the next generation of systems thinkers.

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Evolving Design System Skills - bencallahan.com

Any artist will tell you that the tools they use impact their art. The same is true for us—the tools we use in our design systems work certainly

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Guy Segal @guysegal.com · 13d

Uh oh

Guy Segal @guysegal.com · 13d

I did not expect such an in depth analysis of Doctor Who through the ages

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Amy Hupe @amyhupe.bsky.social · 13d

ALSO I wrote a thing for Zeroheight: When’s the right time to start documenting your design system?

In here I talk about what type of documentation to aim for at each stage of your design system’s lifecycle.

zeroheight.com/blog/whens-t...

When's the right time to start documenting your design system? - zeroheight

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